A friend of my cousin, who knows someone that delivered a pizza to the 4th floor on Friday overheard....
DALPA is engaging the company on SILs before making a knee jerk reaction and pulling them down. Topics of discussion include summer vacation move ups, additional summer vacation weeks, honoring RCC requests and adding the extra X day to reserves ALL BEFORE offering SILs in a category. SILs can work well for both pilots and the company if Delta gives consideration to the pilots, before taking advantage of the cost savings. Ultimately, it will be the company's response to DALPA's request that determines the fate of the SILs.